/**
 * KopsoxFramework
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.kopsox.data;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Descripes a container
 * 
 * @author Konrad Renner - 21.06.2010
 *
 */
public interface ContainerDescriptor extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * Gets the namespace or context
	 * 
	 * @return String
	 */
	public String getNamespace();
	
	/**
	 * Gets the name
	 * 
	 * @return String
	 */
	public String getName();
	
	/**
	 * This flag is true if the intern values should be validated, each time it is changed
	 * 
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public boolean isAutoValidationEnabled();
	
	/**
	 * This flag is true if the intern values should be validated, each time it is changed
	 * 
	 * @param autoVal
	 */
	public void setAutoValidationEnabled(boolean autoVal);
	
	/**
	 * If automaticErrorDelegation is enabled, each Validation-Error will be delegated to the ValidationErroHandler
	 * 
	 * @param flag
	 */
	public void setAutomaticErrorDelegation(final boolean flag);
	
	/**
	 * True if automaticErrorDelegation is enabled
	 * 
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public boolean isAutomaticErrorDelegationEnabled();
}
